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CBS Entertainment Staff May Move

CBS Entertainment Staff May Move By SLAV KANDYBA Staff Reporter CBS Studio Center in Studio City will house television stations KCBS (Channel 2) and KCAL (Channel 9) when the complex is renovated that’s not a question. The question is whether CBS Entertainment, currently located at CBS Television City in Los Angeles, will be joining the Viacom-owned TV stations as plans for construction at the complex move forward. “We’re guessing construction will start in May 2005,” said Michael Klausman, president of CBS Studio Center, said of development plans for the studio compound off Ventura Boulevard. As far as CBS Entertainment relocating, he would only say “there is a possibility.” “Until the approval process is finished we can’t make any comments,” Klausman said. “We are early in the planning and development process and it’s too early to comment on any specifics.” CBS Entertainment is the Viacom arm that develops and distributes all television programming, including primetime comedy and drama series, television movies, miniseries, and others. According to Studio City Chamber of Commerce President Jack McGrath, however, there have been “show-and-tell meetings” where plans for CBS Entertainment’s move were revealed. And as a public relations representative for a number of high-end Studio City restaurants, McGrath said Studio City will benefit greatly from development at the CBS complex. “My whole point on this was that this is going to be a lot of people coming into this small community,” McGrath said. “The high-end restaurants are going to get a large slice of new business.” A new condominium development just north of CBS Studio Center indicates “realtors who know potential buyers are looking for housing,” McGrath said. Art Howard, executive vice president of the Studio City Residents Association, confirmed that Klausman told SCRA that CBS Entertainment would move to Studio City. Previously, five Viacom-owned radio stations located in L.A. were slated to move to the complex, but that plan was scrapped, Howard said. KCBS and KCAL are currently broadcasting from Columbia Square on Sunset Boulevard, a historic Hollywood landmark that was built in 1938 as a radio broadcast facility. The CBS Studio Center in Studio City was built in 1927 by Mack Sennett.

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